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Deepwater Oil Finds Spur NYK to Invest in New Vessels

by Mari Iwata

A raft of giant oil strikes in global deepwaters is prompting Japanese shipping company NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (NYK Line) to invest more in floating production vessels that it can offer for lease, a senior executive said. NYK Line says Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) will be its biggest customer in the near term, as Brazil’s state-owned oil company targets first production from large oil finds in the subsalt region.

Good news flowing from drilling campaigns in Brazil’s deep water continued Tuesday when Petrobras said its Guara prospect in the Santos Basin holds between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Other big discoveries in the area include Tupi, which was the Western Hemisphere’s largest discovery in more than 30 years. The oil lies under more than 2,000 meters of water and a further 5,000 meters under sand, rock and a shifting layer of salt.

Fewer Rivals

In June, NYK and three Japanese partners invested in Etesco Drilling Services LLC, which will lease drill ships to Petrobras. A drill ship is already on order and due for delivery in January 2012. It will be leased to Petrobras for a maximum 20 years for drilling in Brazil’s subsalt region.

Hitoshi Nagasawa, managing officer of NYK Line, said NYK isn’t involved in operating the drill ship in this project, and is merely an investor. “However, we’ll learn from our experience partnering companies, as our ultimate goal is to operate (floating vessels) on our own,” he said.

NYK is one of Japan’s two major crude oil and liquefied natural gas carrier companies, and has a track record in loading and offloading these products. It is also joint operator of a drilling vessel owned by the Japanese government. NYK aims to make operating and leasing floating vessels the third pillar of its business after LNG shipping and very large crude carriers, or VLCCs.

At present, Petrobras’s ambitious drilling plans in deepwater will ensure the Brazilian company remains its largest customer in the near term, Nagasawa said.

But the company is studying several more projects involving floating vessels, said Nagasawa. He declined to give specifics, but said: “We will partner with and invest in other companies if we think the project is good. But we won’t do a project alone, because the investment is too large for one company.”

NYK is also seeking other projects than drill ships.

These include floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSOs, floating storage and offloading vessels, or FSOs, and floating storage and regasification units, or FSRUs.

NYK posted a net profit of Y56 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2009, roughly down by half from a year earlier. The earnings decline was due in part to weakening demand for shipping in the second half and higher costs due to a strong yen.

The container shipping sector was among the most attractive to new entrants until the global economy started to turn down in fall 2008, with the intensifying competition contributing to weaker margins. But the business of leasing and operating floating vessels for use in deep-water areas has more barriers to entry because it requires deeper technological knowledge and higher investment, Nagasawa said.

slightly adapted from: (TOKYO) Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 10, 2009

URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=80199, retrieved

on 22 December 2009.

The only acronym that does NOT represent a vessel used in oil production is

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Deepwater Oil Finds Spur NYK to Invest in New Vessels

by Mari Iwata

A raft of giant oil strikes in global deepwaters is prompting^(a) Japanese shipping company NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (NYK Line) to invest more in floating production vessels that it can offer for lease, a senior executive said. NYK Line says Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) will be its biggest customer in the near term, as Brazil’s state-owned oil company targets first production from large oil finds in the subsalt region.

Good news flowing from drilling campaigns in Brazil’s deep water continued Tuesday when Petrobras said its Guara prospect in the Santos Basin holds between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Other big discoveries in the area include Tupi, which was the Western Hemisphere’s largest discovery in more than 30 years. The oil lies under more than 2,000 meters of water and a further 5,000 meters under sand, rock and a shifting layer of salt.

Fewer Rivals

In June, NYK and three Japanese partners invested in Etesco Drilling Services LLC, which will lease drill ships to Petrobras. A drill ship is already on order and due^(b) for delivery in January 2012. It will be leased to Petrobras for a maximum 20 years for drilling in Brazil’s subsalt region.

Hitoshi Nagasawa, managing officer of NYK Line, said NYK isn’t involved in operating the drill ship in this project, and is merely an investor. “However, we’ll learn from our experience partnering companies, as our ultimate goal is to operate (floating vessels) on our own,” he said.

NYK is one of Japan’s two major crude oil and liquefied natural gas carrier companies, and has a track record in loading and offloading these products. It is also joint operator of a drilling vessel owned by the Japanese government. NYK aims to make operating and leasing floating vessels the third pillar of its business after LNG shipping and very large crude carriers, or VLCCs.

At present, Petrobras’s ambitious drilling plans in deepwater will ensure^(c) the Brazilian company remains its largest customer in the near term, Nagasawa said.

But the company is studying several more projects involving floating vessels, said Nagasawa. He declined to give specifics, but said: “We will partner with and invest in other companies if we think the project is good. But we won’t do a project alone, because the investment is too large for one company.”

NYK is also seeking^(d) other projects than drill ships.

These include floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSOs, floating storage and offloading vessels, or FSOs, and floating storage and regasification units, or FSRUs.

NYK posted a net profit of Y56 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2009, roughly down by half from a year earlier. The earnings decline was due in part to weakening demand for shipping in the second half and higher costs due to a strong yen.

The container shipping sector was among the most attractive to new entrants until the global economy started to turn down^(e) in fall 2008, with the intensifying competition contributing to weaker margins. But the business of leasing and operating floating vessels for use in deep-water areas has more barriers to entry because it requires deeper technological knowledge and higher investment, Nagasawa said.

slightly adapted from: (TOKYO) Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 10, 2009

URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=80199, retrieved

on 22 December 2009.

In terms of meaning,

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Deepwater Oil Finds Spur NYK to Invest in New Vessels

by Mari Iwata

A raft of giant oil strikes in global deepwaters is prompting Japanese shipping company NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (NYK Line) to invest more in floating production vessels that it can offer for lease, a senior executive said. NYK Line says Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) will be its biggest customer in the near term, as Brazil’s state-owned oil company targets first production from large oil finds in the subsalt region.

Good news flowing from drilling campaigns in Brazil’s deep water continued Tuesday when Petrobras said its Guara prospect in the Santos Basin holds between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels^(a) of oil equivalent.

Other big discoveries in the area include Tupi, which was the Western Hemisphere’s largest discovery in more than 30 years. The oil lies under more than 2,000 meters of water and a further 5,000 meters^(b) under sand, rock and a shifting layer of salt.

Fewer Rivals

In June, NYK and three Japanese partners invested in Etesco Drilling Services LLC, which will lease drill ships to Petrobras. A drill ship is already on order and due for delivery in January 2012. It will be leased to Petrobras for a maximum 20 years^(c) for drilling in Brazil’s subsalt region.

Hitoshi Nagasawa, managing officer of NYK Line, said NYK isn’t involved in operating the drill ship in this project, and is merely an investor. “However, we’ll learn from our experience partnering companies, as our ultimate goal is to operate (floating vessels) on our own,” he said.

NYK is one of Japan’s two major crude oil and liquefied natural gas carrier companies, and has a track record in loading and offloading these products. It is also joint operator of a drilling vessel owned by the Japanese government. NYK aims to make operating and leasing floating vessels the third pillar of its business after LNG shipping and very large crude carriers, or VLCCs.

At present, Petrobras’s ambitious drilling plans in deepwater will ensure the Brazilian company remains its largest customer in the near term, Nagasawa said.

But the company is studying several more projects involving floating vessels, said Nagasawa. He declined to give specifics, but said: “We will partner with and invest in other companies if we think the project is good. But we won’t do a project alone, because the investment is too large for one company.”

NYK is also seeking other projects than drill ships.

These include floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSOs, floating storage and offloading vessels, or FSOs, and floating storage and regasification units, or FSRUs.

NYK posted a net profit of Y56 billion^(d) for the fiscal year ended March 2009, roughly down by half from a year earlier. The earnings decline was due in part to weakening demand for shipping in the second half and higher costs due to a strong yen.

The container shipping sector was among the most attractive to new entrants until the global economy started to turn down in fall 2008,^(e) with the intensifying competition contributing to weaker margins. But the business of leasing and operating floating vessels for use in deep-water areas has more barriers to entry because it requires deeper technological knowledge and higher investment, Nagasawa said.

slightly adapted from: (TOKYO) Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 10, 2009

URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=80199, retrieved

on 22 December 2009.

The explanation given corresponds to the information in Text in

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Deepwater Oil Finds Spur NYK to Invest in New Vessels

by Mari Iwata

A raft of giant oil strikes in global deepwaters is prompting Japanese shipping company NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (NYK Line) to invest more in floating production vessels that it can offer for lease, a senior executive said. NYK Line says Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) will be its biggest customer in the near term, as Brazil’s state-owned oil company targets first production from large oil finds in the subsalt region.

Good news flowing from drilling campaigns in Brazil’s deep water continued Tuesday when Petrobras said its Guara prospect in the Santos Basin holds between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Other big discoveries in the area include Tupi, which was the Western Hemisphere’s largest discovery in more than 30 years. The oil lies under more than 2,000 meters of water and a further 5,000 meters under sand, rock and a shifting layer of salt.

Fewer Rivals

In June, NYK and three Japanese partners invested in Etesco Drilling Services LLC, which will lease drill ships to Petrobras. A drill ship is already on order and due for delivery in January 2012. It will be leased to Petrobras for a maximum 20 years for drilling in Brazil’s subsalt region.

Hitoshi Nagasawa, managing officer of NYK Line, said NYK isn’t involved in operating the drill ship in this project, and is merely an investor. “However, we’ll learn from our experience partnering companies, as our ultimate goal is to operate (floating vessels) on our own,” he said.

NYK is one of Japan’s two major crude oil and liquefied natural gas carrier companies, and has a track record in loading and offloading these products. It is also joint operator of a drilling vessel owned by the Japanese government. NYK aims to make operating and leasing floating vessels the third pillar of its business after LNG shipping and very large crude carriers, or VLCCs.

At present, Petrobras’s ambitious drilling plans in deepwater will ensure the Brazilian company remains its largest customer in the near term, Nagasawa said.

But the company is studying several more projects involving floating vessels, said Nagasawa. He declined to give specifics, but said: “We will partner with and invest in other companies if we think the project is good. But we won’t do a project alone, because the investment is too large for one company.”

NYK is also seeking other projects than drill ships.

These include floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSOs, floating storage and offloading vessels, or FSOs, and floating storage and regasification units, or FSRUs.

NYK posted a net profit of Y56 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2009, roughly down by half from a year earlier. The earnings decline was due in part to weakening demand for shipping in the second half and higher costs due to a strong yen.

The container shipping sector was among the most attractive to new entrants until the global economy started to turn down in fall 2008, with the intensifying competition contributing to weaker margins. But the business of leasing and operating floating vessels for use in deep-water areas has more barriers to entry because it requires deeper technological knowledge and higher investment, Nagasawa said.

slightly adapted from: (TOKYO) Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 10, 2009

URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=80199, retrieved

on 22 December 2009.

The phrase ‘roughly down by half from a year earlier.’ indicates that

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Deepwater Oil Finds Spur NYK to Invest in New Vessels

by Mari Iwata

A raft of giant oil strikes in global deepwaters is prompting Japanese shipping company NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (NYK Line) to invest more in floating production vessels that it can offer for lease, a senior executive said. NYK Line says Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) will be its biggest customer in the near term, as Brazil’s state-owned oil company targets first production from large oil finds in the subsalt region.

Good news flowing from drilling campaigns in Brazil’s deep water continued Tuesday when Petrobras said its Guara prospect in the Santos Basin holds between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Other big discoveries in the area include Tupi, which was the Western Hemisphere’s largest discovery in more than 30 years. The oil lies under more than 2,000 meters of water and a further 5,000 meters under sand, rock and a shifting layer of salt.

Fewer Rivals

In June, NYK and three Japanese partners invested in Etesco Drilling Services LLC, which will lease drill ships to Petrobras. A drill ship is already on order and due for delivery in January 2012. It will be leased to Petrobras for a maximum 20 years for drilling in Brazil’s subsalt region.

Hitoshi Nagasawa, managing officer of NYK Line, said NYK isn’t involved in operating the drill ship in this project, and is merely an investor. “However, we’ll learn from our experience partnering companies, as our ultimate goal is to operate (floating vessels) on our own,” he said.

NYK is one of Japan’s two major crude oil and liquefied natural gas carrier companies, and has a track record in loading and offloading these products. It is also joint operator of a drilling vessel owned by the Japanese government. NYK aims to make operating and leasing floating vessels the third pillar of its business after LNG shipping and very large crude carriers, or VLCCs.

At present, Petrobras’s ambitious drilling plans in deepwater will ensure the Brazilian company remains its largest customer in the near term, Nagasawa said.

But the company is studying several more projects involving floating vessels, said Nagasawa. He declined to give specifics, but said: “We will partner with and invest in other companies if we think the project is good. But we won’t do a project alone, because the investment^(a) is too large for one company.”

NYK is also seeking other projects^(b) than drill ships.^(c)

These include floating production, storage and offloading vessels,^(d) or FPSOs, floating storage and offloading vessels, or FSOs, and floating storage and regasification units,^(e) or FSRUs.

NYK posted a net profit of Y56 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2009, roughly down by half from a year earlier. The earnings decline was due in part to weakening demand for shipping in the second half and higher costs due to a strong yen.

The container shipping sector was among the most attractive to new entrants until the global economy started to turn down in fall 2008, with the intensifying competition contributing to weaker margins. But the business of leasing and operating floating vessels for use in deep-water areas has more barriers to entry because it requires deeper technological knowledge and higher investment, Nagasawa said.

slightly adapted from: (TOKYO) Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 10, 2009

URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=80199, retrieved

on 22 December 2009.

In “These include floating production, storage and offloading vessels, …”, the pronoun ‘these’ refers to

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Deepwater Oil Finds Spur NYK to Invest in New Vessels

by Mari Iwata

A raft of giant oil strikes in global deepwaters is prompting Japanese shipping company NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (NYK Line) to invest more in floating production vessels that it can offer for lease, a senior executive said. NYK Line says Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) will be its biggest customer in the near term, as Brazil’s state-owned oil company targets first production from large oil finds in the subsalt region.

Good news flowing from drilling campaigns in Brazil’s deep water continued Tuesday when Petrobras said its Guara prospect in the Santos Basin holds between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Other big discoveries in the area include Tupi, which was the Western Hemisphere’s largest discovery in more than 30 years. The oil lies under more than 2,000 meters of water and a further 5,000 meters under sand, rock and a shifting layer of salt.

Fewer Rivals

In June, NYK and three Japanese partners invested in Etesco Drilling Services LLC, which will lease drill ships to Petrobras. A drill ship is already on order and due for delivery in January 2012. It will be leased to Petrobras for a maximum 20 years for drilling in Brazil’s subsalt region.

Hitoshi Nagasawa, managing officer of NYK Line, said NYK isn’t involved in operating the drill ship in this project, and is merely an investor. “However, we’ll learn from our experience partnering companies, as our ultimate goal is to operate (floating vessels) on our own,” he said.

NYK is one of Japan’s two major crude oil and liquefied natural gas carrier companies, and has a track record in loading and offloading these products. It is also joint operator of a drilling vessel owned by the Japanese government. NYK aims to make operating and leasing floating vessels the third pillar of its business after LNG shipping and very large crude carriers, or VLCCs.

At present, Petrobras’s ambitious drilling plans in deepwater will ensure the Brazilian company remains its largest customer in the near term, Nagasawa said.

But the company is studying several more projects involving floating vessels, said Nagasawa. He declined to give specifics, but said: “We will partner with and invest in other companies if we think the project is good. But we won’t do a project alone, because the investment is too large for one company.”

NYK is also seeking other projects than drill ships.

These include floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSOs, floating storage and offloading vessels, or FSOs, and floating storage and regasification units, or FSRUs.

NYK posted a net profit of Y56 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2009, roughly down by half from a year earlier. The earnings decline was due in part to weakening demand for shipping in the second half and higher costs due to a strong yen.

The container shipping sector was among the most attractive to new entrants until the global economy started to turn down in fall 2008, with the intensifying competition contributing to weaker margins. But the business of leasing and operating floating vessels for use in deep-water areas has more barriers to entry because it requires deeper technological knowledge and higher investment, Nagasawa said.

slightly adapted from: (TOKYO) Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 10, 2009

URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=80199, retrieved

on 22 December 2009.

In the fragment “We will partner with and invest in other companies if we think the project is good.”, Nagasawa expresses a(n)

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Deepwater Oil Finds Spur NYK to Invest in New Vessels

by Mari Iwata

A raft of giant oil strikes in global deepwaters is prompting Japanese shipping company NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (NYK Line) to invest more in floating production vessels that it can offer for lease, a senior executive said. NYK Line says Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) will be its biggest customer in the near term, as Brazil’s state-owned oil company targets first production from large oil finds in the subsalt region.

Good news flowing from drilling campaigns in Brazil’s deep water continued Tuesday when Petrobras said its Guara prospect in the Santos Basin holds between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Other big discoveries in the area include Tupi, which was the Western Hemisphere’s largest discovery in more than 30 years. The oil lies under more than 2,000 meters of water and a further 5,000 meters under sand, rock and a shifting layer of salt.

Fewer Rivals

In June, NYK and three Japanese partners invested in Etesco Drilling Services LLC, which will lease drill ships to Petrobras. A drill ship is already on order and due for delivery in January 2012. It will be leased to Petrobras for a maximum 20 years for drilling in Brazil’s subsalt region.

Hitoshi Nagasawa, managing officer of NYK Line, said NYK isn’t involved in operating the drill ship in this project, and is merely an investor. “However, we’ll learn from our experience partnering companies, as our ultimate goal is to operate (floating vessels) on our own,” he said.

NYK is one of Japan’s two major crude oil and liquefied natural gas carrier companies, and has a track record in loading and offloading these products. It is also joint operator of a drilling vessel owned by the Japanese government. NYK aims to make operating and leasing floating vessels the third pillar of its business after LNG shipping and very large crude carriers, or VLCCs.

At present, Petrobras’s ambitious drilling plans in deepwater will ensure the Brazilian company remains its largest customer in the near term, Nagasawa said.

But the company is studying several more projects involving floating vessels, said Nagasawa. He declined to give specifics, but said: “We will partner with and invest in other companies if we think the project is good. But we won’t do a project alone, because the investment is too large for one company.”

NYK is also seeking other projects than drill ships.

These include floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSOs, floating storage and offloading vessels, or FSOs, and floating storage and regasification units, or FSRUs.

NYK posted a net profit of Y56 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2009, roughly down by half from a year earlier. The earnings decline was due in part to weakening demand for shipping in the second half and higher costs due to a strong yen.

The container shipping sector was among the most attractive to new entrants until the global economy started to turn down in fall 2008, with the intensifying competition contributing to weaker margins. But the business of leasing and operating floating vessels for use in deep-water areas has more barriers to entry because it requires deeper technological knowledge and higher investment, Nagasawa said.

slightly adapted from: (TOKYO) Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 10, 2009

URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=80199, retrieved

on 22 December 2009.

In paragraph, the author suggests that Tupi is

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Deepwater Oil Finds Spur NYK to Invest in New Vessels

by Mari Iwata

A raft of giant oil strikes in global deepwaters is prompting Japanese shipping company NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA (NYK Line) to invest more in floating production vessels that it can offer for lease, a senior executive said. NYK Line says Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR) will be its biggest customer in the near term, as Brazil’s state-owned oil company targets first production from large oil finds in the subsalt region.

Good news flowing from drilling campaigns in Brazil’s deep water continued Tuesday when Petrobras said its Guara prospect in the Santos Basin holds between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

Other big discoveries in the area include Tupi, which was the Western Hemisphere’s largest discovery in more than 30 years. The oil lies under more than 2,000 meters of water and a further 5,000 meters under sand, rock and a shifting layer of salt.

Fewer Rivals

In June, NYK and three Japanese partners invested in Etesco Drilling Services LLC, which will lease drill ships to Petrobras. A drill ship is already on order and due for delivery in January 2012. It will be leased to Petrobras for a maximum 20 years for drilling in Brazil’s subsalt region.

Hitoshi Nagasawa, managing officer of NYK Line, said NYK isn’t involved in operating the drill ship in this project, and is merely an investor. “However, we’ll learn from our experience partnering companies, as our ultimate goal is to operate (floating vessels) on our own,” he said.

NYK is one of Japan’s two major crude oil and liquefied natural gas carrier companies, and has a track record in loading and offloading these products. It is also joint operator of a drilling vessel owned by the Japanese government. NYK aims to make operating and leasing floating vessels the third pillar of its business after LNG shipping and very large crude carriers, or VLCCs.

At present, Petrobras’s ambitious drilling plans in deepwater will ensure the Brazilian company remains its largest customer in the near term, Nagasawa said.

But the company is studying several more projects involving floating vessels, said Nagasawa. He declined to give specifics, but said: “We will partner with and invest in other companies if we think the project is good. But we won’t do a project alone, because the investment is too large for one company.”

NYK is also seeking other projects than drill ships.

These include floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSOs, floating storage and offloading vessels, or FSOs, and floating storage and regasification units, or FSRUs.

NYK posted a net profit of Y56 billion for the fiscal year ended March 2009, roughly down by half from a year earlier. The earnings decline was due in part to weakening demand for shipping in the second half and higher costs due to a strong yen.

The container shipping sector was among the most attractive to new entrants until the global economy started to turn down in fall 2008, with the intensifying competition contributing to weaker margins. But the business of leasing and operating floating vessels for use in deep-water areas has more barriers to entry because it requires deeper technological knowledge and higher investment, Nagasawa said.

slightly adapted from: (TOKYO) Dow Jones Newswires Sept. 10, 2009

URL: http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=80199, retrieved

on 22 December 2009.

The main purpose of this article is to

Texto II

Quase

Ainda pior que aconvicção do não e a incerteza do talvez é a desilusão de um quase. É o quase que me incomoda, que me entristece, que me mata trazendo tudo que poderia ter sido e não foi. Quem quase ganhou ainda joga, quem quase passou ainda estuda, quem quase morreu está vivo, quem quase amou não amou. Basta pensar nas oportunidades que escaparam pelos dedos, nas chances que se perdem por medo, nas ideias que nunca sairão do papel por essa maldita mania de viver no outono.

Pergunto-me, às vezes, o que nos leva a escolher uma vida morna; ou melhor, não me pergunto, contesto.

A resposta eu sei de cor, está estampada na distância e frieza dos sorrisos, na frouxidão dos abraços, na indiferença dos “Bom dia”, quase que sussurrados.

Sobra covardia e falta coragem até pra ser feliz.

A paixão queima, o amor enlouquece, o desejo trai.

Talvez esses fossem bons motivos para decidir entre a alegria e a dor, sentir o nada, mas não são. Se a virtude estivesse mesmo no meio termo, o mar não teria ondas, os dias seriam nublados e o arco-íris, em tons de cinza. O nada não ilumina, não inspira, não aflige nem acalma, apenas amplia o vazio que cada um traz dentro de si.

Não é que fé mova montanhas, nem que todas as estrelas estejam ao alcance, para as coisas que não podem ser mudadas resta-nos somente paciência, porém preferir a derrota prévia à dúvida da vitória é desperdiçar a oportunidade de merecer. Pros erros há perdão; pros fracassos, chance; pros amores impossíveis, tempo. De nada adianta cercar um coração vazio ou economizar alma. Um romance cujo fim é instantâneo ou indolor não é romance. Não deixe que a saudade sufoque, que a rotina acomode, que o medo impeça de tentar. Desconfie do destino e acredite em você. Gaste mais horas realizando que sonhando, fazendo que planejando, vivendo que esperando porque, embora quem quase morre esteja vivo, quem quase vive já morreu.

WESTPHAL, Sarah. Disponível em: http://www.pensador.inf/p/

quase_cronicas_de_luiz_fernando_verissimo/3/.

Acesso em: 3 jan 2010.

Assinale a opção em que a regência do verbo destacado está correta, segundo o registro culto e formal da língua.

Texto II

Quase

Ainda pior que aconvicção do não e a incerteza do talvez é a desilusão de um quase. É o quase que me incomoda, que me entristece, que me mata trazendo tudo que poderia ter sido e não foi. Quem quase ganhou ainda joga, quem quase passou ainda estuda, quem quase morreu está vivo, quem quase amou não amou. Basta pensar nas oportunidades que escaparam pelos dedos, nas chances que se perdem por medo, nas ideias que nunca sairão do papel por essa maldita mania de viver no outono.

Pergunto-me, às vezes, o que nos leva a escolher uma vida morna; ou melhor, não me pergunto, contesto.

A resposta eu sei de cor, está estampada na distância e frieza dos sorrisos, na frouxidão dos abraços, na indiferença dos “Bom dia”, quase que sussurrados.

Sobra covardia e falta coragem até pra ser feliz.

A paixão queima, o amor enlouquece, o desejo trai.

Talvez esses fossem bons motivos para decidir entre a alegria e a dor, sentir o nada, mas não são. Se a virtude estivesse mesmo no meio termo, o mar não teria ondas, os dias seriam nublados e o arco-íris, em tons de cinza. O nada não ilumina, não inspira, não aflige nem acalma, apenas amplia o vazio que cada um traz dentro de si.

Não é que fé mova montanhas, nem que todas as estrelas estejam ao alcance, para as coisas que não podem ser mudadas resta-nos somente paciência, porém preferir a derrota prévia à dúvida da vitória é desperdiçar a oportunidade de merecer. Pros erros há perdão; pros fracassos, chance; pros amores impossíveis, tempo. De nada adianta cercar um coração vazio ou economizar alma. Um romance cujo fim é instantâneo ou indolor não é romance. Não deixe que a saudade sufoque, que a rotina acomode, que o medo impeça de tentar. Desconfie do destino e acredite em você. Gaste mais horas realizando que sonhando, fazendo que planejando, vivendo que esperando porque, embora quem quase morre esteja vivo, quem quase vive já morreu.

WESTPHAL, Sarah. Disponível em: http://www.pensador.inf/p/

quase_cronicas_de_luiz_fernando_verissimo/3/.

Acesso em: 3 jan 2010.

O verbo destacado está flexionado INCORRETAMENTE em: